STAND. COM. REP. NO.  518

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1241

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1241 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to keep Hawaii's children safe from lead hazards and lead poisoning by appropriating funds for Department of Health lead poisoning prevention activities that support comprehensive outreach by the Department to community agencies, health care providers, and families.

 

     The Department of Health commented on this measure.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing:

 

(1)  The appropriation amount to an unspecified amount; and

 

(2)  The effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

 

Your Committee notes that to support lead poisoning prevention activities, the Department of Health last received a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program grant in 2002 in the amount of $200,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Your Committee conveys this funding amount for the Committee on Finance's consideration should this measure move further in the legislative process.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1241, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1241, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair